Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHEONGWON
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This university was founded in 1984. It aims to spearhead reforms in education. It offers pre-service and in-service training and has an extensive research program. There is an affiliated high school. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1949 and gained its current name and status in 1955. A Department of Postmodern Music was established in 2000. A second campus is in Suwon. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEGU (TAEGU)
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1946. It gained its current name and status in 1951. The College of Music and Visual Arts has departments of music, Korean traditional music, fine arts and design. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
BUSAN (PUSAN)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian institution founded in 1958 as a Teachers’ College. It gained its current name and status in 1988. The College of Arts consists of schools of music and physical education as well as departments of fine arts, craft design and dance. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
DAEJEON (TAEJEON)
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Methodist university established in 1954. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is a conservatory type institution which can trace its history back 1400 years. It gained its current title in 1951. The National Gugak Center is a centre of learning for Korean traditional music and operates in three performance halls. It aims to collect, notate and preserve a museum and libra...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Sejong University is a private institution established in 1940. The College of Arts and Physical Education has departments of painting, industrial design, fashion design, music, physical education, dance, cartoon and animation, and film art. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
SEOUL
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was established in 1946, being the first national university in Korea. The Asian Music Research Institute concentrates on Korean and Asian music, aiming to collect, organise, preserve and distribute information and materials on Korean, Asian and non-European music. The Western Music...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
CHEONGJU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private University was established in 1968 as Cheongju Women's Junior College. Following several name changes it gained its current name and status in 1992. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
IKSAN
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Won Buddhist university was founded in 1946, and gained its current name and status in 1971. The Division of Arts offers majors in dance, traditional Korean music and Western music. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
JEONJU
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Woosuk University can trace its history back to 1979. It gained its current name and status in 1995. There is a second campus in Jincheon. ...
Country:
SOUTH KOREA
State:
City:
GYEONGSAN (KYONGSAN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private institution, Yeungnam University was founded in 1967 through the merger of Daegu College and Chunggu College. There is a second campus in Daegu. Facilities include two concert halls, practice rooms, opera rehearsal room, electronic music studio, a digital piano laboratory, rooms for Korea...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
CÓRDOBA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1902 and gained its current name and status in 1972. It provides music tuition to advanced levels. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
MÁLAGA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1880. There are departments of dance, music, visual arts, theatre and design. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ANDALUSIA
City:
GRANADA
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1531. It has campuses also in Ceuta and Melilla, both Spanish territories on the north coast of Africa. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
ASTURIAS
City:
OVIEDO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium can trace its history back to 1883 and gained its current name and status in 1988. It holds summer courses for young musicians. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatori Liceu can trace its history back to 1837. It forms the highest level of the music educational activities of the Liceu Foundation (Fundació Conservatori Liceu), a non-profit cultural institution aiming not only to teach performance and compositional skills but also to forge a cultur...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya (ESMUC) was established in 2001. There are departments of performance, traditional music, jazz, early music, musicology, management, pedagogy, theory, composition and conducting. In addition to the professional programs the School offers performance tuition...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
CATALONIA (CATALUÑA)
City:
BARCELONA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Taller de Músics (Music Workshops) is a private non-profit foundation established in 2003 with the aim to 'promote the teaching, interpretation and diffusion of contemporary popular music'. It organises its own festivals and has developed programs leading to the award of high qualifications and...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
GALICIA
City:
LA CORUÑA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A government conservatory. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
MURCIA
City:
MURCIA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorium was founded in 1917 and in 2010 it reorganised the professional level courses in line with the Bologna process. It organises regular masterclasses. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
NAVARRA
City:
PAMPLONA
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatorio was founded in 1956 as the Municipal Academy of Music of Pamplona. After a number of name changes, from 2005 it was divided into two distinct sections: a) Conservatorio Superior de Música 'Pablo Sarasate', and b) Conservatorio Profesional Music 'Pablo Sarasate', in Ezpeleta Palace...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
NORTH AFRICA
City:
CEUTA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university of Granada was founded in 1531. Its main campus is in Granada, and there are campuses at Ceuta (founded 1935) and Melilla, both Spanish territories on the north coast of Africa....
Country:
SPAIN
State:
PROVINCE OF MADRID
City:
MADRID
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Early Music Performance, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Royal Conservatorio was founded in 1830 and established in its current form in 1990. There are departments of performance, early music, composition, musicology and pedagogy. The building houses a number of fine performance spaces. Instruction is given at the levels of elementary (beginning at e...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VALENCIA
City:
VALÈNCIA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The conservatorium was founded in 1879 and gained its current name and status in 1968. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen. ...
Country:
SPAIN
State:
VIZCAYA (BASQUE COUNTRY)
City:
SAN SEBASTIÁN (GIPUZKOA)
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private Centre was founded in 2001. 'Musikene' is the name of the Private Foundation for the Higher School of Music of the Basque Country that was responsible for creating it. A brand-new building was opened in 2016. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
MAHARAGAMA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Institute of Education (NIE), Sri Lanka was established in 1986. The Department of Aesthetic Education is involved with the revision of the Sri Lankan school syllabuses in music, dance, art and drama. It prepares and publishes guides for school music teachers, produces audio-visual lear...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
JAFFNA
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was founded in 1974 and gained its current name and status in 1975. The Ramanathan Academy forms part of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Jaffna and is based at Ramanathan College in Maruthanarmadam. It is housed in a new building opened in 1999. There are departments of art a...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university can trace its history back to 1875 when it was a centre of learning for Buddhist monks. It gained its current name and status in 1978 and operates in a number of locations in and around the city. The Department of Fine Arts consists of a Unit of Drama & Theatre and Image Arts, and...
Country:
SRI LANKA
State:
City:
COLOMBO
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2005 when the former Institute of Aesthetic Studies at the University of Kelaniya became this autonomous institution. There are three faculties - Dance and Drama, Music, and Visual Arts. The Faculty of Music consists of six departments - South Indian (Karnatic) musi...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
OMDURMAN
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Omdurman is a suburb of Khartoum. The Institute of Music, Drama and Folklore was established in 1969. It provided tertiary-level practical tuition and encouraged research in music, drama and folklore for the first time in Sudan. It survived until 1989 when the National Islamic Front took power and t...
Country:
SUDAN
State:
City:
KHARTOUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public University can trace its history back to 1902, and gained its current name and status in 1950. The College of Fine and Applied Arts aimed to develop and enrich the Sudanese heritage in music, theatre and folklore. Besides courses in Sudanese traditional music, drama and folklore it inclu...
Country:
SURINAME
State:
City:
PARAMARIBO
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Opened in 2011 this institution also bears the name of 'The Green Conservatorium'....
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
GÖTEBORG
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Göteborg is the largest university in Scandinavia. It was established in 1891 as Göteborg University College and gained its current name and status in 1954. The Academy of Music and Drama was established in 2005 with the merger of the former School of Music, the School of Opera a...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
ARVIKA
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1843 as a Teacher Training College and gained its current name and status in 1999. The Ingesund College of Music was founded in 1923 and since 1978 has formed the School of Music of the University of Karlstad, located in Arvika in West Värmland, 80 kilometres north of ...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
PITEÅ
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The School of Music at Luleå University of Technology was founded in the 1978. Piteå is situated about 45 kilometers south of Luleå (the main university campus). The Department of Music and Media has two sections - Media and Experience Production, and the School of Music. Several courses are offe...
Country:
SWEDEN
State:
City:
STOCKHOLM
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Early Music Performance, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Repetiteur Training/Coaching, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This Royal College of Music, founded in 1771, is an independent college, financed both by private funds and the state. It is housed at the University of Stockholm. The College offers in-service training courses for professional musicians and music teachers, some by distance-mode. The Nordic Perform...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
GENEVA (GENÈVE)
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This not-for-profit institution was founded in 1983 and has no affiliations with any university or conservatorium. It aims to promote the diversity of musical cultures by holding courses of music and dance from countries throughout the world and acts as a clearing house for information of other simi...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
LUCERNE (LUZERN)
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
In 2013 the Lucerne School of Music (Hochschule Luzern - Musik) was incorporated into the recently-established (2007) Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts as its music school. The earlier Swiss Jazz School forms the jazz department of the School of Music. In addition to the professional p...
Country:
SWITZERLAND
State:
City:
BASEL
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Northwestern Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW) was established in 2006 from a merger of nine former schools and operates on four main campuses in northwestern Switzerland. The music programs are offered at the Academy of Music which hous...
Country:
SYRIA
State:
City:
ALEPPO
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Institute, which operated under the Ministry of Culture, was founded in 1955. There were departments of Eastern and Western music. Due to the current situation in Syria, there is no information on whether the program is still in operation or even whether the institution is still in existence. ...
Country:
SYRIA
State:
City:
DAMASCUS
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The High Institute of Music was founded in 1990 by the Iraqi-born composer Solhi al-Wadi. It aims to “promote music in Syria by preparing a generation of music graduates who are able to carry the message of Arab and international music and work to enrich and develop it through preparing specialist...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Opera Performance, Suzuki, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This private university was founded in 1962. The College of Arts consists of the Departments of Fine Arts, Chinese Music, Western Music, Chinese Drama, Theatre Arts and Dance. There is an extensive and impressive collection of Asian instruments which is being continually expanded and includes instru...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
HSINCHU
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Instrument Collections, Kodály, Opera Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1940. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The music department was established in 1992. Facilities include some fine performing spaces, orchestral instruments, multiple sets of Orff instruments....
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
KAOHSIUNG
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The university was first established in 1954 and gained its current name and status in 1989. The College of Arts offers programs in music, fine arts and visual design. The music department holds a collection of Chinese and Western instruments. There is an attached school, years 1 to 12 for teacher ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
PINGTUNG
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded originally in 1940 as a Teachers’ College, this institution gained its current name and status in 2005. The Department of Music was established in 1993. There are several fine performance spaces. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
KAOHSIUNG
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Early Music Performance, Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1924. Its new Taiwan campus was established in 1980. The bachelor’s degree program in music was established in 1989, the master’s program in 1994. There is an Institute of Arts Management with studies in cultural administration, staging of exhibitions...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Formerly known as the Taiwan Provincial Taipei Teachers’ College and founded in 1896, this is the oldest academic institution in Taiwan. It gained its current name and status in 2005. The University trains teachers for elementary schools and kindergartens. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Orff Schulwerk, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was founded in 1946 and gained its current name and status in 1994. The College of Music, established in 2007, consists of the Department of Music, the Graduate Institute of Ethnomusicology and the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts (which concentrates on three areas - music thea...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private Christian university of Methodist heritage, founded in 1900. The music department was established in 1972. Facilities include a purpose-designed building with recital hall, fully-equipped computer music studio and Performing Arts Centre. ...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Therapy, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1996 as the Tainan National College of the Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2004. There are colleges of visual arts, performing arts, sound and image arts and letters and cultural heritage. The College of Music includes the departments of music, Chinese music a...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAINAN
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private university for women that can trace its history back to 1964 and gained its current name and status in 2006. Male students have been admitted since 2004. The College of Arts offers programs in fine arts, music and dance. The Department of Music was founded in 1970, and a Graduate Institute...
Country:
TAIWAN
State:
City:
TAIPEI
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Instrument Collections, Library Collections, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of the Arts was previously known as the National Taiwan College of Arts (founded in 1955), and gained university status in 2001. In addition to Schools of Music, Fine Arts, Theatre, Film and New Media, Cultural Resources and Dance there are Institutes of Musicology and Orches...
Country:
TAJIKISTAN
State:
City:
DUSHANBE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Shashmaqam is the title given to the sophisticated, refined classical instrumental music that flourished in the great cities of Central Asia over many centuries. It has its roots in Samarkand and Bukhara where the musicians and the public comprised Tajiks, Uzbeks and the Jews of Central Asia. The Ac...
Country:
TAJIKISTAN
State:
City:
DUSHANBE
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Tajik National Conservatory was founded in 2009. This co-educational institution has departments of music performance, cultural science (including musicology), music education, library science, dance and drama. The Conservatory is host to the annual Bahoriston classical music festival which aims...
Country:
TAJIKISTAN
State:
City:
KHOROG
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Central Asia was founded in 2000 at the initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan by the governments of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. It is a secular, private not-for-profit university governed by an independent Board of Trustees, with three campuses of equal size and statur...
Country:
TANZANIA
State:
City:
BAGAMOYO
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Established in 1981 as the Bagamoyo College of Arts, this institution gained its current name and status in 2007 (an English translation of the original name 'Taasisi ya Sanaa na Utamaduni Bagamoyo' [TaSUBa]). Bagamoyo is situated 72 kilometers north east of Dar es Salaam. This creative, innovative ...
Country:
TANZANIA
State:
City:
ZANZIBAR
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Dhow Countries Music Academy is a non-profit, non-government organisation which opened a music school in Stone Town, Zanzibar in 2002, providing music lessons as well as instruments at minimal cost to both male and female students from age five and upward. The program includes Western and tradit...
Country:
TANZANIA
State:
City:
DAR ES SALAAM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University, the oldest and largest in Tanzania, was founded in its current form in 1970. It is a UNESCO-aided institution. The Department of Fine and Performing Arts, established in its current form in 1996, has areas of music, fine arts, film and theatre arts. The music library holds an archiv...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Instrument Collections, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1896, this private non-profit institution was the first Rajabhat Institute in Thailand to offer a specialisation in music education. A number of instruments are available for borrowing by students and there is also a collection of instruments housed in a museum. ...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGSAEN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orff Schulwerk, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution was formerly a branch campus of Srinakharinwirot University. It became an autonomous university in 1990. The Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts offers programs in visual arts, music, theatre, dance, design and graphic arts. The University's Siam Ruby Project offers special places in i...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1940 and gained its current name and status in 2004. It was Thailand’s first training school for secondary teachers....
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Music Therapy, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Chulalongkorn University was established in 1917, making it the oldest university in Thailand. The Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts comprises departments of music, dance, visual arts and creative arts. The department of music was established in 1983 and since 2012 a Center of Excellence for Thai Mus...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
KHON KAEN
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This non-profit University was founded in 1964. There is a strong community outreach program and research programs into music of minority groups and music and medicine. The Faculty offers programs in printing, sculpture, visual communication and design as well as programs in Thai music, Western musi...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
MAHA SARAKHAM
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1968 as a college of education and gained its current name and status in 1994. There is an attached secondary school for students wishing to specialise in music....
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
NAKHON PATHOM
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Music Theatre Performance, Music Therapy, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The University was originally founded in 1889 as a medical school. Currently there are 14 faculties, six colleges, eight institutes and six centres all situated at three different localities in the greater Bangkok area. The College of Music was established in 1994 and was the first music conservator...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
CHIANG MAI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
A private liberal arts university founded in 1974 by the Church of Christ in Thailand. The Christian Communication Institute is a centre for dance, drama, music and Christian outreach. The university also has a Centre for Arts and Culture, aiming to study and preserve traditional North Thailand (Lan...
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
PATHUM THANI
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Conservatory of Music at the private Rangsit University was established in 2002. There are a number of fine performance spaces and state-of-the-art studios with recording facilities....
Country:
THAILAND
State:
City:
BANGKOK
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This government-sponsored university was established in 1949 as the Higher Teacher Training School at Prasarnmit. It gained its current name, address and status in 1974. The Faculty of Fine Arts was established in 1993 and offers programs in music, music education dance, design, visual arts and perf...
Country:
TIMOR LESTE
State:
City:
DILI
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Hadahur Music School was established in Dili in association with the Mary MacKillop East Timor organisation in Sydney, New South Wales. Following a long period of foreign occupation Timor Leste gained its independence in 2002 and was seeking to re-establish its former musical traditions. The Had...
Country:
TOGO
State:
City:
KPALIME
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This is the entry of the Carrefour International of Horse Riders (Hikers, Tourists) in Togo, known as CIR-TOGO, created in 2012. It is a Togolese non-profit humanitarian voluntary association, registered with the Togo Ministry of Territorial Administration. It works to promote sustainable tourism, r...
Country:
TOKELAU
State:
City:
ATAFU
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
TONGA
State:
City:
NUKU’ALOFA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
State:
City:
PORT OF SPAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Music Therapy, Public Examinations in Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) was founded in 1948 as a college of the University of London. It was granted full university status in 1962, and operates in 16 English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean. The UWI campus in Mona, Jamaica is the headquarters of the system, and ...
Country:
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
State:
City:
PORT OF SPAIN
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 2004 and operates at 12 campuses. The Academy for the Performing Arts (APA) is a multidisciplinary arts school that forms a basic element of the National Academy of the Performing Arts (NAPA). It offers programs in acting, dance, music, theatre design and production...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
TUNIS
Special Indexes:
Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Centre, created in 2012, comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Culture, Youth and Leisure. Studies are offered to interested students between the ages of 16 and 25, involving five years of intensive study to gain the Diploma. ...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
SFAX
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1986 and the Higher Institute dates from 1999. ...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
SOUSSE
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was created in its current form in 2004. ...
Country:
TUNISIA
State:
City:
TUNIS
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of Tunis was founded in 1988. The Higher Institute of Music was established in 1982 and has been incorporated into the university structure. It aims to provide programs in music and musicology at the professional level. Current research involves culture, new technologies and developme...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ERZURUM
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1957. The Department of Music Sciences offers programs in Turkish classical music, Turkish folk music and music education. In the Faculty of Education there is a program in methodology for teaching fine arts, including music. Language of instruction is Turkish. ...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1982. The Faculty of Fine Arts consists of ten departments - musicology, ceramics and glass design, film design, graphics, painting, performing arts (theatre), photography, sculpture, textile and fashion design, and traditional Turkish arts. Music facilities include pro...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
IZMIR
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Sound Archives, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Ege University was founded in 1955, and the State Conservatory was established in 1983. The Conservatory has four departments: 1) Turkish Art Music and Folk Music, 2) Voice Education, with studies in both Turkish and Western solfège and theory, folklore and style, 3) Turkish folk dance, and 4) Inst...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
KAYSERI
Special Indexes:
Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1978, the Faculty of Fine Arts being established in 1993. It has departments of painting, sculpture, music, ceramics, graphic design, stage design and performing arts. The Department of Music commenced operation in 1995 with programs in Turkish classical music and t...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was established in 1926 as the ‘Teacher Training Institute’ and its Music School was established in 1936 under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In 1938, two years later, the Music School was divided into two. Part remained at Gazi University, becoming its Depar...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
GAZIANTEP
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This State University was first established in 1974 as an Engineering Department. It gained its current name and status in 1987. The State Conservatory of Turkish Music was founded in 1987 and has departments of music fundamentals, voice education and Turkish folk dance....
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ANKARA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University can trace its history back to 1958 and gained its current name and status in 1967. The Conservatory is the first of its kind in Turkey, being established in 1936 and becoming affiliated with the university in 1982. Its Western music education program was organised in collaboration wit...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ŞANLIURFA
Special Indexes:
Instrument Making/Maintenance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Harran University was established in 1992. The Conservatory was officially founded in 2011, with the first student in-take in 2014 to the program of traditional instrument performance. The range of instruments taught has since expanded and the Conservatory is becoming a centre for music research and...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
MALATYA
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This public University was founded in 1975. The Faculty of Fine Arts and Design comprises departments of music, painting, ceramics, landscape architecture, traditional Turkish handicrafts, theatre, interior architecture, graphic design, and sculpture. Language of instruction is Turkish. The music de...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Instrument Making/Maintenance, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Sound Archives, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Istanbul Technical University can trace its history back to 1773. The Turkish Music State Conservatory was established in 1976. It has departments of Turkish music performance, composition, musicology, theory, music technology and Turkish folk dance. Apart from the professional program the music sch...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Library Collections, Music Theatre Performance, Opera Performance, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1453, the Istanbul University gained its current name and status in 1924. The Conservatory was established in 1914 and was the first in Turkey. It was later expanded to include departments of theatre and ballet as well as music and opera, gaining its current name in 1986. There is a well-...
Country:
TURKEY
State:
City:
ISTANBUL
Special Indexes:
Eurhythmics/Dalcroze, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance, Wellness for Musicians
Notes:
The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University was founded in 1883, and the State Conservatory of Music (established in 1970) was incorporated into its structure in 1982. There are departments of music (performance, composition, conducting), musicology (including ethnomusicology, folklore), and performing art...
Country:
TURKMENISTAN
State:
City:
ASHGABAT
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
An Arts College for Musicians and Artists was opened in Ashkabad in 1935. The present Conservatory was established in 1993 and operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. There are four departments: Instrumental Performance, Vocal Arts, Conducting, and Theory/Composition and Musico...
Country:
TUVALU
State:
City:
FUNAFUTI
Special Indexes:
Ethnomusicology/World Music, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University of the South Pacific was established in 1968. It is jointly owned by the governments of twelve island countries: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa, with campuses in each country. Music study forms an...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Sound Engineering, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The Academy is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union and the Goethe-Institut. Programs include studies in music industry, and workshops have been held in such areas as festival management. In addition to the Professional Certificate program the Academy offers music tuition to int...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Arts Management/Music Management, Choral Conducting, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This University was established in 2005 from the amalgamation of several earlier institutions. There are departments of music, dance and drama. Formerly known as the Institute of Teacher Education, the University initially had the role of producing secondary school teachers. The teacher training act...
Country:
UGANDA
State:
City:
KAMPALA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Community Music Training, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Instrument Collections, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
Founded in 1922 as a technical school and formerly known as the University of East Africa, it is the second-oldest and largest university in Uganda, being granted its current name and status in 1970. The Department of Performing Arts (music, dance, drama and film) was established in 1971. The underg...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
CHERNIVTSI
Special Indexes:
Band Conducting, Choral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The University was founded in 1875 by the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austro-Hungary. It gained its current name and status in 2000. Language of instruction is Ukrainian. Member of the European University Association....
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
KHARKIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National University of Arts can trace its history back to 1917. It gained university status in 2004 and is one of the leading arts institutions in Ukraine, offering programs in music and theatre. An active member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikho...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
LVIV
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Church Music/Religious Music, Ethnomusicology/World Music, Jazz/Popular Music Performance, Library Collections, Opera Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
This institution is one of the oldest in the Ukraine, being able to trace its origins back to 1796. It was granted its current name and status in 2007, its informal name being ‘Lviv Conservatory’. There are departments of singing, piano, orchestra, conducting, musicology, ethnomusicology and com...
Country:
UKRAINE
State:
City:
ODESSA
Special Indexes:
Choral Conducting, Opera Performance, Orchestral Conducting, Traditional Instrument Performance
Notes:
The National Academy can trace its history back too 1897. It is the oldest music educational institution in Ukraine and gained its current name and status in 2000. It publishes an annual journal ‘Musical Art and Culture’. The Academy hosts the triennial International Piano Competition in Memory ...